ICD-10 Training: Don't use GEMs or the WSJ to teach ICD-10 coding
Date: Dec 14, 2011 It's probably not too early to get your physicians involved in your ICD-10 transition.
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Using GEMs: How to navigate ICD-10 crosswalks
Date: Nov 01, 2011 If you're just starting your ICD-10 implementation planning, the General Equivalency Mappings (GEMs) could look like a tempting shortcut.
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ICD-10 Myths: What you need to know about GEMs
Date: Oct 24, 2011
Last week, Pat Schmitter, a healthcare consultant, presented the webinar "Are you ready for ICD-10?" that had a wealth of information for providers just figuring out their ICD-10 transition plan. It's worth the hour if you're new to the idea of ICD-10 coding and don't understand how it's structured.
Read » Week in Review: More information to ease ICD-10 migration
Date: Jun 03, 2011 There's a lot of information that came out this week that can help us move toward ICD-10 implementation.
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CMS updates ICD-10 GEMs for 2011
Date: Jan 05, 2011 As expected, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted its latest General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs) for 2011.
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Exclusive: HighPoint foreshadows ICD-10 appliance
Date: Jul 06, 2010 Building an ICD-10 appliance is an idea that was bound to arise -- appliance in the IT sense, that is -- and HighPoint Solutions "this summer" is planning to issue an early version of one such device.
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Reader poll results: To crosswalk to ICD-10, or not?
Date: May 07, 2010 That clock-ticking sound in the back of healthcare IT professionals minds makes the question of how exactly they should get to ICD-10 increasingly pertinent. One approach that has been bandied about by some and battered down by others is that of the application crosswalk.
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ICD-9 to ICD-10 crosswalks: There's got to be a better way
Date: May 03, 2010 At a time when industry bodies and consultancies are trying to figure out how providers and payers can best transform existing ICD-9 data into the imminent ICD-10 code schemes, and the word “crosswalk” keeps being batted around, Dennis Winkler at Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan is the curious case of an ICD-10 crosswalk contrarian, believing he's found a better path. Winkler, it seems, just might be onto something that appears revolutionary but in practice is not.
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AHIMA: GEMs not one-size fits all
Date: Mar 03, 2010 The mappings from ICD-9 to ICD-10 will be so critical to the conversion that a successful outcome depends on them being handled properly.
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